Bed-bottom



(No Model.)

' J. H. BROWN.

BED BOTTOM.

No. 322,577. Patented July 21, 1885.

WITNESSES Cji/Z fi razaza.

.lftorney UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

JOHN HENRY BROWN, OF OSKALOOSA, IOW'A.

BED-BOTTOM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 322,577, dated July 21, 1885.

Application filed OGtObLI 14, 1884. .(No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN HENRY BROWN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oskaloosa, in the county of Mahaska and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bed-Bottoms, of which the fol lowing is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to bed-bottoms; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

1n the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of a bed bottom embodying myimprovements. Fig. 2 is a plan view, and Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates the frame-work of the bed-bottom, which consists of the parallel longitudinal slats B and the transverse slats B, said slats being connected at their intersecting points by screws 0, which latter also secure the bedsprings D to the transverse slats B. The upper coils of the bed-springsD are connected by W-shapsd links E, which are connected by hook-rods E. The outer row of springs, D, are connected by hook-rods D. I provide this bed-bottom with a back-rest, F, whereby the bed-bottom may be converted into an invalid bed-bottom at pleasure. Through the lower ends of the short slats or rails H H, I pass a rod, I, and I pivot the back-rest section between the arms of a hinged bracket, J, having bearings K, at the head of the bed-bottom. Intermediate of the outer longitudinal slats I provide two short longitudinal rails, L, to the inner faces of which I pivot the rack-levers M M, which engage the rod I from above. The ends M of the rack-levers M M are shouldered and engage the shouldered ends of shouldered levers N N ,which are pivoted to the opposing faces of the short rails L L, and are connected by a rod, 0, which is connected by a cord, P, to an eye, Q, at the end of the middle slat, H. In the short rails L L, above the shouldered levers N N, I provide stop pins R, which prevent the rack-levers M M and shouldered levers N N from becoming disengaged when the back-rest is 1owered,which is accomplished by lifting on the cord P and raising the levers N N against the stops R. The inclination of the back-rest can be varied to suit the desire of the occupant ofthe bed withoutinconvenience to said occupant.

I am aware of the patent to Meier,No. 260,405, and do not claim anything shown therein,since it does not attain the object of my invention.

In this patent the bed-bottom is constructed with longitudinal slots to receive the ends of transverse rod upon which the head or backrest section is supported, combinedwith apair of rack-levers to engage the transverse rod, a rock-shaft to connect the rack-levers at the rear, and a cord extending from the rock-shaft forward along the back-rest to the frontend of the bed. By this arrangement it is necessary to elevate the rock-shaft above the bed-bottom before the rack-levers can be withdrawn from engagement, and when the bedding is in place it will be found almost impossible to raise the rock-shaft to effect the desired end. Again. the application of this head-rest disfigures the bed-bottom, and the connection is such that considerable tension must be exerted on the cord to raise the rock-shaft and throw the rack-levers out of engagement; but by my arrangement the adjustment can be effected insfan'aneously by drawing onto the cord; and, furthermore, the actuating-levers do not come in contact with the bedding to retard their free operation. Moreover, the application of the head-rest is much more convenient and does not disfigure the bed-bottom, since the parts are out of sight. Furthermore, as the actuating-levers extend forward toward the front end of the bed-bottom, they aresufiiciently near to the end of the bed to be readily operated without employing the cord, and under some circumstances it may be found desirable to dispense with the cord; but in the arrangement shown by Meier this cord could not be dispensed with, for the rock-shaft is near the center of the bed, and could not be operated except by providing a cord to extend toward the front end of the bed.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination,with the back-rest provided with the transverse rod I, of the racklevers M engaging therewith, the horizontal actuating -1evers N, operating against the racklevers to withdraw them out of engagement, the said actuating-levers extending forward to the front end of the bed-bottom so as to be in a convenient position for operation at the end of the bed, as set forth.

2. The c01nbination,with the back-rest provided with the rod I, of the rack-levers M engaging therewith and having their front ends shouldered, the actuating levers N, correspondingly shouldered at their rear ends to act upon the rack-levers and extending forward within the bed-bottom to the front end thereof, a rod, 0 connecting the front ends of the JOHN HENRY BROWN.

Witnesses:

J. M. HERRON, B. F. HOSTETTER. 

